saude

See also: saudé, saúde, Saúde, and saüde

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin salūtem.

Noun

saude f (plural saudes)

1. health

Portuguese

Noun

saude f (plural saudes)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of saúde
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “O soldado amarello [The yellow soldier]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 159:

     Se fosse uma criatura de saude e muque, estava certo.

     If he were a healthy and strong creature, he would've been in the right.